Experience

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

• Germany
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Technology Officer

  • 2021 - Present

  Berlin, Germany I am the Research IT team lead and provide technical consultation on digital humanities projects. I help design and direct the development of software for research projects, ontology and data modelling, specialising in Linked Data/Semantic Web/Web 3.0 development. Work with React, Vue.js, Javascript, Python, Django, Docker, Git.



Freelance

• Library software and technology Consultant

  • 2018 - Present

  I do contract consulting and development for software (especially open source software) in libraries, archives, museums. I can provide technical solutions for software development, business analysis, and can advise on staffing and resourcing of library technology departments.



University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor/Information Technologies Librarian

  • Jul 2018 - 2021

  Denver - Head of Library Technology Services, supervising software developers and system engineers - Set the technical direction for the systems and applications we maintain and identify the priorities for the strategic direction of our unit. - Design, implement, and manage various library technology projects, including: -- Digital collections frontend, implementing the IIIF specification, Elasticsearch, UniversalViewer, API design (OpenAPI standard) -- Digital collections backend… Show more - Head of Library Technology Services, supervising software developers and system engineers - Set the technical direction for the systems and applications we maintain and identify the priorities for the strategic direction of our unit. - Design, implement, and manage various library technology projects, including: -- Digital collections frontend, implementing the IIIF specification, Elasticsearch, UniversalViewer, API design (OpenAPI standard) -- Digital collections backend, integrating with Archivematica, Duracloud, Redis - Manage multiple projects involving the coordination of multiple stakeholders including faculty, staff, IT, library departments to implement systems such as our interlibrary loan, perform data migrations to systems, decommission or develop new applications to improve library workflows. - Principal Investigator for Collections as Data Mellon Foundation grant to transcribe and make accessible via API early 1900s handwritten medical records Show less



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Acting Coordinator

  • Jan 2017 - 2018

  Scarborough Coordinator for the Digital Scholarship Unit at the University of Toronto Scarborough Library (maternity leave coverage). I supervise and work closely with our technical team in the unit, advising and setting development priorities for our maintained open source applications and the implementation of our digital repository.

• Digital Projects & Technologies Librarian

  • 2014 - 2018

  Digital Scholarship Unit, UTSC In this role, I act as a product and project manager for our open-source software applications and digital repository.

• Special Projects Developer

  • 2014 - 2014

  -Programmatic manipulation of metadata schemas including MODS, DC, MARCXML, Darwin Core -XML, XSLT transformations and schema customization -Open source site and repository management (Drupal, Fedora, Islandora)

• Data Graduate Student Library Assistant

  • 2013 - 2014

  -Provide reference and research service -Data and statistical analysis (SPSS, Stata, SAS) -Site development and troubleshooting (Drupal) -Data visualization projects (d3.js, google APIs)

• Graduate Student Library Assistant

  • 2013 - 2014

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013

  -Assist in research on collaboration and gameplay in a professional work environment



York University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Preservation Practicum Researcher

  • 2013 - 2014



Scholars Portal

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Library Assistant

  • 2013 - 2014

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada



Richmond Hill Public Library

• Canada
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Circulation Services

  • 2011 - 2014